'Eddie', Prince Albert Victor, 1888 (c)

Coloured lithograph by Vincent Brooks Day and Son after 'Hay' (W B Hayes). No. 9 in the series 'Princes', published by 'Vanity Fair', 13 October 1888.

Shows a caricature of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, in the uniform of the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars.

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, was the eldest son of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). He died during an influenza pandemic, aged just 28, on the 14 January 1892.